Adrian is Auckland bureau chief for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Adrian was previously based in Aviation Week’s Washington office for nine years, writing for a range of the group’s publications and covering many aspects of the commercial aviation industry. He has won Australasian and international awards for his aviation writing.
Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2002, Adrian covered aviation industry and policy issues for two other publishing companies in Washington. He has also worked for newspapers in Texas and New Zealand, covering a wide range of topics. Adrian graduated from Auckland University with a degree in history and English in 1992.
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey yesterday told the controllers' union that the agency will not return to the bargaining table but will let the contract impasse process run its course in Congress. "At this late date, resuming collective bargaining makes little sense," Blakey said in a letter to National Air Traffic Controllers Association head John Carr. Congress "is the appropriate forum" for the contract debate since that is the process outlined by statute in the event of an impasse, Blakey said.
The U.S. Transportation Dept. is still considering whether to conduct additional review of its proposal on airline foreign ownership, while also looking at ways to ease congressional concerns about the controversial rule, a senior DOT official said yesterday.
Boeing Friday signed a deal to help a European consortium draft a blueprint for Europe's future air traffic management system. Boeing will lead a U.S. team -- also including Honeywell and Rockwell Collins -- that will work on issues such as global standardization. The two-year contract is worth about $750,000, but Boeing said this amount will probably not cover the resources it will contribute. The strategic value of the effort is worth much more to Boeing than the dollar amount, Boeing executives told The DAILY.
